My Fragile Heart | [slow updates]

Chapter 1

         He was probably gonna make my college life miserable if I offended him, which I definitely did not need.
My life was complicated enough as it was. I really did not need to add Daniel into the mix.

         Instead of taking offence like I thought he would, he outright laughed at my obvious frustration with him. I looked at him, thinking that maybe he was a little off in the head or something, because I certainly didn't say anything that was funny enough for him to laugh so hard.

       I threw him a look asking if he was physcho.

        "I don't see any cat," he said in a cryptic way, once he got himself under control. I really didn't like his tone. He seemed to think I had some sort of other plan for meeting him or something.

         "I know," I moaned, ignoring his mysterious tone and clutching my mahogany brown hair as if I wanted to pull everything out. That is how frustrated I was. Then, I looked around and screamed.

         Suddenly, Saber had just run at high-speed out of someone's garden. At the same time, a car came barrelling down the road and it was heading towards the cat. I decided to go and save the cat, but just in time Daniel wrapped his hands around my waist. The car knocked down the cat.

       I swear if Daniel had not grabbed me, I would have jumped in front of the car to save the cat and gotten run over myself. At that time, I didn't realize that he had actually wrapped his hand around my waist to stop me.
Sorry, what I meant was "grabbed me".

      Once the car passed by us, he let go of me and I stumbled forward and knelt next to the cat.

           It seemed to be in great pain. I tried speaking to him and I decided to stretch my hand out to the Saber.

       "Please don't be dead, don't be dead, don't be dead," I chanted as if it would bring the cat back to life - if it indeed was dead.

         I was kind of getting freaked out myself, seeing all the blood. In case I didn't mention anything earlier, I completely and utterly detest blood. The sight of it make me sick to my stomach and feel light-headed. I don't mind tiny scratches like the ones that were on my knee and my palms. But the one on the cat was a little too much for me to see.

           "Hey, calm down, the cat's not dead," a voice said, sounding very close to my ear. I turned to see Daniel kneeling next to me, his face too close to mine.

       We both began to gaze into each other's eyes. His sparkling eyes were irresistibly charming, glowing bright under the stars, and I felt my skin grow hot wherever he glanced, as if bathed by warm sunlight. My heart began to beat faster as he came closer and I began to feel really tense.

        To stop things from looking weird, I decided to break the eye contact and concentrate on why I was there. For the cat!

        Though I hate to admit it - his words did calm me down, whereas just a moment ago I was freaking out and acting shy for having met him.

        "I'll take the cat back to the veterinary hospital." I suggested to Daniel, hoping he'd offer his own advice.

        I was clearly not thinking straight - not that I was ever good at treating animals. It's just as I said: I can't stand the sight of blood. Human or animal, blood is blood!

      "Ummm.. yeah, you do that," he said to me, not sounding so sure of himself. After a pause, he asked, "Is this your cat?"

       I shook my head hard, smacking myself with my own hair, and carrying the cat I got up. I tried to make sure it was comfortable. I was about to walk off when Daniel stopped me, asking my surname.

        "It's Garcia!" I yelled back to him, in too much of a hurry to remember I should not give Daniel my name. I ran alone all the way to the hospital I'd just left, no less than fifteen minutes ago.

         After a long tiring afternoon, I let out a sigh of relief when I just see Charlize Jones frantically waving at me by the road of the veterinary hospital, recognising her by her long strawberry blonde curls and coloured skin.

        Charlize is my best friend. She is always there for me when I need her but we are basically opposites. She had the perfect looks, colourful character and clothing, and you had me with at least tanned skin, emotionless character and no sense of style. Watching Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars were her religion whilst reading pathetic books about Harry Potter were mine.

              "What are you doing here?" Charlize asks, pushing her strawberry blonde curls away from her face. "I swear we hardly see each other now outside of college."

                "Yeah, I noticed." I answer dismissively not eager to answer her question and get into a long conversation at the current time since it was getting late. "I'll probably call you."

         She nods in response and we bid our goodbyes before I set off down the street to catch the bus.

          I did not to tell Charlize anything about what happened with Daniel and I because she had a huge crush on Daniel. I didn't want her to know that I liked Daniel and make her jealous because Daniel and her once dated and they broke up because things weren't working out between them.

But I'd never felt so shy in all of my life.

        The fact that what happened would be all over college tomorrow did nothing to help me feel better. It just added salt to the wound. I had oh-so-dumbly given him my name too. Life couldn't be better.

       While I waited for the bus to go home, I remembered my phone had vibrated when I was headed to the hospital earlier. I'd ignored it and completely forgotten about it.

         I decided to check who the call was from and it was from my loving childhood best friend, Jason Peterson. He must have been worried sick about how I didn't text him even once today.

          Just when I was about to call Jason, my phone dinged, indicating that I'd received a message.

           I checked my phone to find a Facebook notification. I clicked once to see what it was:

Daniel Sparks wants to be your friend.

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